Another tourist found dead in Greece amid heat wave

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A 55-year-old American has been found dead on the Greek island of Mathraki, police said on Monday (June 17), the third tourist death in a week following a period of unusually hot weather. - REUTERS

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00:00The Greek island of Corfu draws flocks of tourists in the summertime, many of them opting

00:05to hike dusty mountain trails in search of secluded beaches on the shores of the Ionian

00:10Sea.

00:11But a period of unusually hot weather is prompting new concerns for safety.

00:16On Monday, police said a 55-year-old American was found dead on the island of Mothraki,

00:21the third tourist death in a week.

00:23British TV presenter Michael Mosley went missing on the Aegean island of Simi earlier in June,

00:29citing a search by helicopters, dogs and drones.

00:32His body was found on June 9.

00:34He had taken a walk alone in high temperatures before he disappeared.

00:38A 74-year-old Dutch tourist was found dead on the island of Samos on Saturday, and two

00:43hikers were found dead on Crete on June 5.

00:47Visitors here on Corfu told Reuters they understood the risks and took precautions.

00:51It's very dangerous to walk in the sun, but you need to put sunscreen and drink a lot

00:57of water to stay safe.

00:59The heat also is very, very hot with the sun like today.

01:06And I've learned that one man died because of this heat.

01:11Temperatures soared above 104 degrees Fahrenheit earlier this month, just as the holiday season

01:16began across Greece's remote beaches, ancient sites and mountain trails.

01:20Ioana Fotopoulou is a coordinator with the Hellenic Red Cross and said many visitors

01:25on vacation didn't appreciate the risks.

01:28IOANA FOTOPOULOU, Hellenic Red Cross Coordinator for Hellenic Red Cross and Hellenic Red Cross

01:30Rescue Team Translator, Ioana Fotopoulou

01:31They all get carried away.

01:32They are enthusiastic.

01:33They have a lot of confidence in their physical condition.

01:35They believe that if they are fit, if they don't take medicine, if they don't have any

01:39illness, they can go beyond their limits.

01:42Many times, they test their limits.

01:45Rescue teams were still searching for three others who have gone missing in Greece amid

01:48the high temperatures, two French women aged 73 and 64 on the island of Sikinos and a 59-year-old

01:55U.S. policeman on the island of Amorgos.

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